02/10/2014
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"It is unfortunate that the legislation passed out by the Energy and Commerce Committee, H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, does so little to enhance food safety."
"I very much appreciate that this Committee is continuing to devote its attention to such an important issue as the safety of our food supply."
"The cap-and-tax legislation that the Congress passed a few weeks ago, I think ignores the need to increase domestic production of oil and natural gas and nuclear power and so on."
"I have struggled with that with my dairy farmers in Virginia, who ship their milk greater and greater and greater distances primarily because of the nature of this policy and the way it works."